Los Angeles County vs Cook County

Side-by-side: the political memory, the demographic profile, and the deepest deltas between these two places.

Los Angeles County

Latest

D+33

in 2024

Archetype

since the recent cycles

Population

9,808,667

2024 ACS

County seat

Los Angeles

Most similar

Santa Clara County

CA · similarity 1.00

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+32.9%	2,417,109	1,189,862	3,729,089
2020	D	+44.0%	3,028,885	1,145,530	4,283,945
2016	D	+49.3%	2,464,364	769,743	3,434,308
2012	D	+41.9%	2,216,903	885,333	3,181,067
2008	D	+40.4%	2,295,853	956,425	3,318,248
2004	D	+27.5%	1,907,736	1,076,225	3,023,280
2000	D	+31.1%	1,710,505	871,930	2,695,154
1996	D	+28.4%	1,430,629	746,544	2,411,014
1992	D	+23.5%	1,446,529	799,607	2,753,403
1988	D	+5.0%	1,372,352	1,239,716	2,644,671
1984	R	−10.1%	1,158,912	1,424,113	2,612,914
1980	R	−10.0%	979,830	1,224,533	2,440,185
1976	D	+1.9%	1,221,893	1,174,926	2,459,077
1972	R	−12.7%	1,189,977	1,549,717	2,830,370
1968	R	−1.6%	1,223,251	1,266,480	2,657,982
1964	D	+14.9%	1,568,300	1,161,067	2,730,918
1960	D	+0.8%	1,323,818	1,302,661	2,634,499
1956	R	−11.1%	1,007,887	1,260,206	2,275,424
1952	R	−12.6%	950,093	1,226,971	2,201,212
1948	D	+0.5%	812,690	804,232	1,729,082
1944	D	+14.1%	886,252	666,441	1,561,564
1940	D	+17.6%	822,718	574,266	1,415,269
1936	D	+35.4%	757,351	357,401	1,130,415
1932	D	+18.6%	554,476	373,738	969,594
1928	R	−41.5%	209,945	513,526	731,301
1924	R	−58.2%	33,554	299,675	457,457
1920	R	−47.5%	55,661	178,117	257,770
1916	R	−8.0%	114,070	135,554	267,921
1912	O	+33.3%	55,110	0	165,296
1908	R	−26.6%	22,076	41,483	73,077
1904	R	−46.0%	10,030	32,507	48,883
1900	R	−17.3%	13,158	19,200	34,848
1896	R	−2.5%	16,043	16,891	34,042
1892	R	−9.2%	8,119	10,226	22,779
1888	R	−14.6%	10,110	13,805	25,264
1884	R	−8.4%	4,683	5,595	10,829
1880	R	−1.0%	2,853	2,914	6,083
1876	D	+8.6%	3,615	3,041	6,670

Latest

D+42

in 2024

Archetype

since the recent cycles

Population

5,182,090

2024 ACS

County seat

Chicago

Most similar

Allendale County

SC · similarity 1.00

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+41.6%	1,447,821	583,852	2,079,239
2020	D	+50.2%	1,725,973	558,269	2,325,405
2016	D	+53.1%	1,611,946	453,287	2,180,344
2012	D	+49.3%	1,488,537	495,542	2,014,819
2008	D	+53.4%	1,629,024	487,736	2,137,466
2004	D	+41.1%	1,439,724	597,405	2,049,434
2000	D	+40.0%	1,280,547	534,542	1,865,907
1996	D	+40.1%	1,153,289	461,557	1,726,666
1992	D	+30.0%	1,249,533	605,300	2,146,655
1988	D	+12.4%	1,129,973	878,582	2,026,144
1984	D	+2.6%	1,112,641	1,055,558	2,180,735
1980	D	+12.4%	1,124,584	856,574	2,163,097
1976	D	+8.7%	1,180,814	987,498	2,209,748
1972	R	−7.4%	1,063,268	1,234,307	2,311,037
1968	D	+9.5%	1,181,316	960,493	2,336,538
1964	D	+26.4%	1,537,181	895,718	2,432,899
1960	D	+13.0%	1,378,343	1,059,607	2,445,269
1956	R	−13.9%	977,821	1,293,223	2,276,844
1952	R	−0.7%	1,172,454	1,188,973	2,367,939
1948	D	+8.9%	1,216,636	1,015,800	2,245,899
1944	D	+15.9%	1,275,367	924,659	2,206,191
1940	D	+10.9%	1,168,141	938,454	2,114,807
1936	D	+27.5%	1,253,164	701,206	2,009,457
1932	D	+13.8%	919,231	690,146	1,664,232
1928	R	−6.2%	716,283	812,063	1,540,171
1924	R	−41.6%	226,141	688,973	1,113,652
1920	R	−49.0%	197,499	635,197	893,137
1916	R	−6.6%	379,438	435,695	849,913
1912	O	+13.0%	130,702	74,851	429,312
1908	R	−18.6%	152,990	230,400	415,091
1904	R	−32.1%	103,762	229,848	392,945
1900	R	−4.4%	186,193	203,760	401,134
1896	R	−18.4%	152,146	221,823	379,608
1892	D	+12.8%	144,604	111,254	261,330
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—